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TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1838. PRICE sd. THE GRAND HOTEL, PIAZZA and KING STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, affords superior accom !oolatton for Families and Gentlemen on reasonable Terms. Bed alßreakfast, by the week, One Guinea. ~e,-vons's Convivial Ordinary every Wednesday at half-past Five '0(1. Tickets 3s. each. The Harmonic Meeting every Evening, as usual. Entr_ance to the Supper Rooms, under the Piazza ; to the Ho tel • ot 'Sing -street. It i °I3 INSON'S BRILLIANT CHEAP LIGHT. r „, R OBINSON and CO., Patentees and Sole Manufactu '3, . 0 0. 19, Minories, Alkate.—The cheapest and most brilliant tlight Is obtained by ROBINSON'S superior, luminous, newly im " PATENT NAPHTHA LAMP, the cost of light being ,:.th l on half that of oil lamps or candles ; and from 30 to 40 per ess than gas or other naphtha lamps ; are an excellent sdnbt "s te for gas, simply and quickly trimmed, free from grease, tr , a fi e l'' r ks, require no attention or snuffing when lighted, and not eted by frost. orisl4. an Lod Co., being the distillers of illuminative naphtha trit, can supply any quantity. Post Letter of Patterns and Prices will be sent to residents at I distance by applying, post paid, to the Patentees. SALES BY AUCTION. 13EL cD BRIGHTON. '''''VE-BOUSE, a MARINE VILLA, in the most AIPERFECT ORDER for OCCUPATION. l— GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL the i by AUCTION, a t th e Old Ship, Brighton, on SATURDAY, n of December, at Twelve o'Clock. F ,RC AN ELEGANT MARINE VILLA, E HOLD OF INHERITANCE, most desirably placed ON THE EAST CLIFF, APPROACHING TO KEMP TOWN. BELGRAVE-HOUSE has b een completed within two years, regardless of expense, by 11110 , fr o LIEUT.-COLONEL BROWNE, and !"n Family circumstances, is compelled leave-MOAT, It' s7st reluctantly yields an unwilling consent to part with it. ah o ZaonFd with a view to family comfort, and, although not large, that i ' B _,Nvith every essential; it betrays outward and . visible signs • co,„ die uoes not belong to the school of modern tactics; . unlike toi s h e , s3 compeers , where a speculative feeling alone existed, it is e xeell with cannot , a regard to durability, an d th e s it ua tion be hY th e eu n,„ a mid its innumerable views, which are greatly facilitated —. monies, are THE CHAIN PIER, With T , H E LEADING ORNAMENT OF BRIGHTON, T own , long line of coast, taking a bird's-eye view of "famed Kemp di m i' and an int erm i na bl e one of the ocean. The east front ae ,E, )s architectu ra l t as t e we ll wor thy o f i m itation ; and the are within is recisel of a character to suit those who no t ambitious to partake of the annoyance arising out of c("fort " TOO MANY SPARE BEDS R o od howev er , presides throughout, and its decoration is in lo s t aw e ePing with the whole ; it is in the most perfect order for m k t • occupation, and if a purchaser feels inclined to . aid his The s ' n F°me by letting it furnished he may do so without risk. 1110'0'1141)1e furniture and apndages may be purchased at a va en' n ' and immediate possession will be given, in order that the j°sl4en A b t of the may b e P OACHING FASHIONABLE SEASON p artic aqcled to its many agremens. to be h 'liars will be ready twenty-one days antecedent . to the sale, Old s h . l " of Mr. Upperton, Solicitor, 35, on the Sterne ; at the t welr 11) (°ne of which will be a passport to see the house, from Aucti o n eill three) • also at Wright's and Parson's Libraries ; the girde r M art ; and at Mr. Geo. Robins's Offices, in Covent- Half the Purchase Money may remain on Mortgage. FREEHOLD PROPERTY FOR INVESTMENT, IN BRIGHTON. AIR , GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to g A SELL by AUCTION, at the Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, h. th e If ltjan AY, Dec. 8, at Twelve, in several Lots, by Order of .t li t r opriet or, 41111°rt an°Lce LOWING P ELIGIBLE PROPERTY. The first in r lo ng k BELLE-VUE HALL, (te ll "%vo from its charming position on the East Cliff; formerly pied as one mansion, but now divided into l a a s i t TWO DELIGHTFUL ABODES, de nt , e uation at once secu r i ng all the advantages of a marine resi tile 0 1 e° rnmanding ext ens i ve an dpicturesque views of the Downs, adonrejti ~ and th e surround i ng country . Th ese residences are eon ve t''Y arran ge d f or fam i ly accommodat i on , rep l e t e w ith every le hoo ni enee e large gardens on either side, and in front coach ' low re e . : ibl nthe occupation of David Bowman, Esq., at the very aisb cd /0/. a year, and the other has been generally let fur -11 the proprietor. Also, ii_bo nt 4 , A PLOT OF ENCLOSED LAND, Tel ,`",ree-quarters of an acre, close to St. George's-road and e o r e k a Pti-street, with frontage to Bury-street, let .comps Mr. 37 ; likewise the following Freehold Property, sing . day "suages, more particularly suited to the small capitalists who se e i:nt object to devote a litt.e time and attention, and thereby w e rs a much larger rate of interest in return, vi . z. leadi n u HOUSES WITH SHOPS, IN SUSsEX-ST_ RE Ey_ r , Terr g from the Grand Parade, being Nos. 18 and 19, let to 111 . Y and Mr. Allen, year; le nd • ELEVEN HOUSES, IN CARLTON-ROW, t ' o l ig from Carlton -street, near the Grand Parade, being Nos. 3 7, inclusive, and Nos. 42, 43, 48, 49, and 52. ail TEN HO U S SN CARLTON-COURT, -join* -i ng, from Nos. 1 to 10, 1 inclusive. le ad . SIX OF THE CRESCENT COTTAGES, Ing out of Bedford-s treet, from Nos. 5 to 10, inclusive. FOUR COTT - AGES IN JACKSON'S-ROW, -4 "ing out of Montague-street, from Nos. Ito 4 inclusive. Also, %th e west side of the Parade, FOUR HOUSES IN FREDERICK'S-PLACE, hem Nos. 12, 13, 16, and 26, near Trafalgar-street, and close to PROPOSED TERMINUS OF THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Th e entire Property is capable of producing A RENTAL. OF 480/. A-YEAR. pi ‘ :!'he several Houses may be viewed, and particulars had, by ap ,h;,:ng to Mr. Edwards, Agent to the Proprietor, No. 130, Lon also at the Old Ship, and Librarie, Brihton ; and at Robini's Offices, Covent-garden, s Lond g on. uli n 4l ti lebanks o f LOCH LOMOND, a distinguished ESTATE for U PATION or INV ESTMENT, FIVE MILES from BARTON, and wi thin TWENTY-FIVE HOURS' 4"URNEY of LONDON. a. GEORGE ROBINS has great pleasure in P announcing that he is favoured by the Instructions of the roprietor t OFFER FOR SALE by PRIVATE TREATY, a sin„ delightful Freehold ' Estate, including l're4eriti THE CASTLE OF TULLICHEWEN, VIN E „ng one of the pirrreT SPECIMENS OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, I TS BEAUTIFUL PARK, CULTIVATED LANDS, AND EXTENSIVE WOODS, 1411eAtfully situate within Five Miles of the th N T I C ROCK AND FORTRESS OF DUMBARTON, fro m 11:1:istt interesting point of the Clyde, and only Twenty miles T his yof Glasgow. t ki sPlendid Property is now, by means of the Birmingham br a ' rrae d Junctio R ilways and the Steam Communication, 'igh4,wwithin a short .lao trof i; TWENTY-FIVE HO URS FROM THE GREAT METROPOLIS. tett CA STLE STANDS PROUDLY IN A FINELY the of WOODED PARK, the leaing features of this renowned spot, overlooking' stl rkt st nla guificent d Scenery of Scotland, and altogether commen eto the legiti ate cl inis of SCO TCH ru AND a ENGLISH HOSPITALITY. Yrill A NOBLEMAN OF RANK, i titheseir ogntlii,„,e,athis case; al hou g h one of less pretens ons, an d . who gr eat locate at T a ullichewen . fora limited season, will find e reer .esideratum of its not being inconveniently large, with catio n o f 111Xi16 SHOOTING, AND FISHING, p, 11 " r 'es, to a n extent t h at f ew can parallel _ 4 Rm., THE DEMESNE EXTEND S TO -"DD ND FIFTY-SIX IMPERIAL ACRES ; **:4lltivated l a n d • A u d 1 tat 500/. a-year, independe9tly of the tiishAV;hhi:laiiadre in is hig u h e c r o e ndition. The mansion is suitably .fur tl-qeeerative fu rn i ture, of . a . nd , Dowbiggin, the celebrated it;artistes been called in to complete . and i le a. a p o pe rl d age 4r i n n itr eiu h r a eNs , i a n articles of taste and vertu, give to Z i ke s 'eided supremacy over all its neighbouring . riv als . T he arc e d Holly equ al to the most sanguine expec t a tion. The t h e ll a t feo ti merely find excellent ould roo r g th h e lo c k at a t o le d , °use, for wo odecmlX s a e n ‘ d all sorts of game. p ea as te tu i r n ag sh e oo f tl r n LOCH LOMOND, NE PLUS ULTRA" OF SCOTLAND'S FAMED LAKES, ii,%atetirassiort. Mile of the . Castle and demesne, will delight th e d Out Ali. wild fowl shooting; and those inclined to salmon an 1 4 , 4 Qh i s - a l ll n g will find it to their hearts' content in the River Leven. lutperfect outline of a few of the . prominent attributes Qeal t " tas t k i l is famed property . puts in an irresistable . The T,Ne however, is still in abeyance—to pourtray suitable q, \ E ` l , etrki-,II,,PASSING BEAUTY OF THE SPLENDID ' O F 4 "'II', EMBRACING THE LOVELY LOCH A Md gr TY ' - !atest features LOMOND, otland's never-ending spl!n . dour l i t :4 ll:ta e rl d et w Y ?) s ..anund a e m rt ' aking c h to which the humble individual sale feels most acutely how . ob ; e c r ri v l of.relie z nias his hi quite th e dutyconduct of t on dirtuhe stay" (if he may be permitted main that has been imposedh fft Mien), arises ' out is ofareminiscence that even f a l l , li e d hi lt , lc . SCOTIA'S OWN BAR li e r_e of 4, o 'n the same dilemma. All those . who have not par of here anti o .od fortune to sojourn amid the beauteous scenery r hti n j u re . 4 .),. or to behold Loch Lomond sleeping in the arms he , r ~,f1 hills by )etlld ; tl ' r-4 , LIGHT OF A SEPTEMBER MOON, 4 , 4 t th -40Yose with all humilit et earnestness, to search for e greatest novellist of by-gone days has said of MOST I3EAUTIFUL OF E . A LL THE et THE CALEDONIAN LAKES. tCgle touch of 11 7 , , an d then his never-erring muse must awaken a sensation 8 1 to possess TIEAT LEVIATHAN OF THIS VICINITY, wondrous wild, the whole might seem, 't in 0 1 , r T it '. 1 0 scenery of a fairy dream." Ind remembrance eh This r Will IS BEN LOMOND, nontineetteisnsarily partake of its_ due meed of praise. r e Ir t °Ps i ;I I I K L S ' AUL AMIDST HIS COM PANIONS, e yed eent emporarie s . The valley, teem ing in wild fertility, AL?. kastures and corn land, and varied_lly _ !t - ' r ePlet 'HE SOFTER BEAUTIES Ot. NATURE, rati oil e s a scene which can only be appreciated by ocular demon prTopoeertoynelude it is desirable te make known that this in (.o est is offered for see at a price to give ample return sre/ ' , Pon the capital, and one half of the purchase-money therZaiii:ea,n !security of the Estates, at. four per cent. There r• atiful Views of the Castle and Loch to be seen at eo yo u los s Offices. bliarden, October. 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With con cluding Observations on an Improved Mode of Treatment adopted by the Author for the Cure of Gonorrhoea, and all Urethral Disor ders. By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D., 42,Great Marlborough street. Sold by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-hall-court ; Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand ' • Templeman, Regent-street, Lond on ; Barton, Bi rm i ng h am ; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; all Booksellers in Town or Country. THE LATE SIR ROBERT GRANT The following is an abridged account of the proceedings of a public meeting held at Bombay on the 28th of July, 1838, for perpetuating the memory of the late Governor, Sir Robert Grant : On Saturday afternoon, the 28th inst. a meeting was held at the Town-hall, for the purpose of considering the most suitable means for preserving in this place the memory of our late highly-gifted, distinguished, and respected Go vernor, Sir Robert Grant, G.C.H. The meeting was more numerously and respectably attended than any other of a similar kind ever held in this place. The SHERIFF having constituted the meeting, The Hon. the GOVERNOR moved that the Lord Bishop be requested to take the chair. The motion was seconded by DHACIKJEE DADAJEE, Esq., His LORDSHIP then addressed the meeting as follows : The object for which we are assembled is one of deep in terest, to express our sorrow at the severe loss we have sustained by the death of our late esteemed Governor, Sir Robert Grant, and to consider in what way we can best record our testimony to his worth. Such was the urbanity and kindness of our late Governor, such his condescension and ease of access, that all who had opportunities of intercourse with him feel that they have lost a friend whom they have loved and valued. The removal of one in the highest rank of life, who maintained such a consistent Christian character; ' is a severe loss. We have seen him during his residence in India uniformly regular in his attendance upon the pub lic worship of God twice on the Lord's day, whether in Bombay, or at other stations ; his regular domestic wor ship in his family was beneficial to all who resided under his roof ; the whole character sf his interesting and 'intel ligent conversation was of the most perfect purity. The benefits of his public measures are acknowledged by all. Upon these I am not able to speak, from want of that in formation which others who will address you do possess ; but such are felt to be their benefits, that not only all in the Presidency, but the European and native population of Poonah, and other stations in the Deccan, deeply lament his loss. It was, indeed, his constant aim so to fill his high station, and so to discharge his public• and private duties, that, as it has been stated in a public annunciation of his death, he might in all things do the will of God. Having been privileged to attend his dying bed, an opportunity was afforded me of seeing what were his real prin ciples in this most trying time. These were drawn from the Bible, and to that blessed book he was in his last illness always most anxious to listen. He was anxious to have the Scriptures read to him, and.from thence to draw all his comfort and support. He sought not for comfort from a consideration of what he had done or from the benefits he had conferred, but, under a deep sense of his own upworthi ness, from the truths of God's word ; and here let me plainly state to the Christian community, but more espe cially to our native friends who are present, that the prin ciples from which all his conduct, all his public and private acts flowed, were drawn from the Bible. The removal of such a person must be felt by every one, not only as a pub lic but as a private loss. With / respect to the manner in which we shall hand down his memory to posterity, it seems most appropriate to do this by some manner which shall continue to bestow benefits upon the people under his government. It was his aim to introduce to the natives of India the benefits of British discoveries and science, for the enlightening of the mind or the relief of the body ; and if we fix upon something which shall continue to hand down to the native people these blessings, we shall best exhibit the character and desires of him whose loss we now deplore. The Honourable the Governor, JAMES FARISH, Esq., moved the first resolution—" That this meeting, deeply sensible of the greatness of the loss which this Presidency has sustained in the lamented death of Sir Robert Grant, G.C.H., its late distinguished Governor, and actuated by admiration of his rare endowments, and veneration for his excellent character and exalted Christian virtues, and moved by gratitude for his numerous acts of public admi nistration calculated to advance the improvement of the country and the welfare of all classes of its inhabitants, and anxious to hold up his example to the world, considers it a public duty to adopt measures for preserving his memory in this place." I feel it to be an honour and a privilege, he said, to be permitted to take part in the proceedings °kV. meeting, which has been summoned for the purpose of pre serving in 'this place the memory of our late highly-gifted, distinguished, and respected Governor, Sir Robert Grant. It is a high satisfaction to me to have thus an opportunity of expressing the warm interest I take in the object for which we are assembled. Ours is not the commemora tion of splendid achievements, which might have caused the widow's and orphan's heart to mourn, but it is the perma nent record of the feelings of a grateful community, sensible of the benefits they have received from measures wisely directed to the promotion of many most important means of advancing prosperity and happiness amongst all classes, the native and European, at the metropolis, and throughout the Presidency he governed. Having made the affairs of India the subject of his early interest, bound by a filial tie to the objects of his father's long sustained and most suc cessful efforts—in the full and able discharge of which he passed at once from his labours here to his rest above, Sir Robert Grant early pleaded the cause of India, and strove, in the important s t a ti on w hi c h h e reac h e d i n E ng l and, to , carry on the same great objects ; and when arrived in this, the land of his infant days, with more direct opp or t un i ties of carrying out the benevolent purposes on which his heart was bent, I can speak to his increasing desire for a ecom . pushing good, for I have witnessed his active and anticipat ing endeavours, and his unwearied solicitude for th e ac complishment of the objects of improvement in which he successively embarked. The cause-which distressed him in any of his measures was, where they were un avoidably contrary to the wishes of some one. It was his delight to commend ; and he felt the censure he was com pelled to pass as though the mortification it gave was shared by himself. His conscientious desire to do right was per haps the trait of his character which, blended with his cheerful kindliness, was most constantiy present to the mind of those who were in close intercourse with him in his offi cial duties ; and this feeling, deeply rooted in his heart, was nourished by the fountain of all Christian grace, which there imparted its blessed influence in no stinted measure. But he who thus followed in his father's steps, devoting his life to the good of India, has passed like him from this scene of labour and of care to those mansions of peace and joy, where " the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." I must not, however, anticipate the subjects which will be more ably and fully brought before this meeting by those whom I see around me, yet I could not avoid saying this much of one for whom I felt a higher admiration and attachment than for any man with whom I have ever been so associated. We are here met to commemorate the virtues of this truly good and upright man, and may virtues, springing from the same high aim, which he took in all his duties to do the will of God, long be perpetuated amongst us. DHACKJEE DADAJEE, Esq., seconded the motion. Rear-Admiral Sir C. MALCOLM moved the second re solution—" That a subscription be immediately opened for the formation of a fund to be devoted to the public com memoration of Sir Robert Grant." My Lord—The reso lution I am about to propose has only just been put into m y hands. I shall, however, beg leave to say a fe w words. It was, as I shall ever now consider it , my good fortune to pass a few days on a visit to S ir R ob ert Grant, at Malabarwhat Point, before he left for Daporee. It wa s there, in e l nro a y Y m c g al l i si l s 'i c s h d e o e m rfu es l of office. t a i c a c a i r i c a l s e t , r u that v e I c h o a a d v e a r n s a o t p i o p n o , r t p u a n r i t t i _ya lly freed, as he was for the time, from the cares of ta S es o a m t ht e oe s w he i h r o t hi n ai o n t s k v h s hear amy o m sma e ye a k fte n sw o owfmheonw relaxation. w d e e r l e i delightful t In superior it o sr etwase9nsiset such igh The Rev. Dr. STEVENSON spoke as follows : Tb has been principle by which Sir R. Grant was actuated, already justly j t u o st t l h y e re tw m o ar g k r e e d a , t w c a h s r t is h t e ia c a hie p f ti p a o c i i n p t le i s n o l f li l s : s v ch eli But and love to man ran through all the actions dins was its what, perhaps, was as remarkable in his character, was sply, openness and simplicity. There was no attempt character. c G t e o r d . himno effort than his sde actionsto induce warranted, you an te d t entertainsinne the awbetter n f o p his aniona otcon duct was natural and easy. The constant and regularest_. at tendance on the duties of the Sabbath flowed from an has i (nation of the privilege which the Christian religion conferred on a man in separating one day in seven for roll. ld gious s erv i ces — a pr i v i lege wh i ch he was anx i o us all s hould be secured in the enjoyment of, esteeming it a right con ferred by the supreme legislation on every servant of Go vernment as well as on the Governor himself. Such a cha racter deserves to be remembered, and to have some suit ablememorialtkheoespeawli hveo am roe r teroaai followsme d o n among ong us ; and if I may anticipate geneially what will be brought particularly before you wouldbY us t t h h e e r e remembrances eemsn otll nothing g o f that his benevolence than the establishment of a medical school. However much we may admire the marble that recals to us the very expression of those who now lie low in the dust, we need a different kind of memorial for Sir Robert Grant— ; one that shall put us constantly in mind of his Christian benevolence ; and what more fitted to do so than Pupils g great. constantly issuing from a seminary bearing his name, to alleviate the sufferings of humanity ? BROWNRIGG, Esq., Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, rose to move the third resolution—" That, while it is the duty of all classes of the community to ex press their respect for the departed by uniting in the pro posed forwardubcrip wtiohno, are it is peculiarly nc theumbent monantyhoseto come public able ss for improving the agricultural resources of the country, facilitating communication with Europe, and also between the different towns and provinces of the Presidency, and improving its comm rce anal general prosperity." In being called upon to move the resolution I have just read, I cannot but express my regret that it was not intrusted to some one more competent to do it justice. But I hold, my Lord, that on an occasion like the present sorrowful one, when men of all ranks and stations in society, native as well as European, have met to testify the estimation in which they hold the private virtues and public acts of the esteemed and lamented individual who so lately occupied the highest station among us—l repeat that on such an oc casion those who can contribute their testimony ought not to confine themselves to that negative degree of silent approval which is implied by the mere presence. But, indeed, my Lord, I feel that a. Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce , I should do violence to the wishes and feelings of -the members of that Association, as well as to my own indivi dually, were I to abstain from availing myself of this occa sion to state what I know to be th e deep-f e lt sen ti men t s entertained by one and all upon the late melancholy event. As a resolution passed yesterday by the Chamber of Com merce, which 1 am authorised to communicate to this meeting, will hest convey what I probably should have but ill expressed, with your permission, my Lord, I will read that Resolution. Resolved—" That a tablet be erected in the Bycullah church, by the members of the Chamber of Commerce, to the memory of our late lamented Governor, Sir Robert Grant, under whose auspices the Chamber was first established and recognised as a public body, to record their deep respect for his public character, and thehigh sense they entertain of the great benefits derived from the measures of his administration for the improvement of the agricultural resources and the advancement of the commercial prosperity of this Presidency." It would seem almost unnecessary that I should draw particular attention to the various acts which distinguished Sir Robert Grant, as being, as I may duly characterise him, the friend of commerce and of general improvement ; yet I cannot refrain from enumerating some of the most prominent of them. First, then, and I call upon my commercial brethren to testify to the fact, by the immediate countenance Sir Robert Grant gave to the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as by the gratifying support he continued to extend to it, he proved chiefly i ns t rumen t a l i n es t a bli s hi ng among us unity of purpose, and harmony of feeling, where the re eav sp e t r pa s l b e i cl i asth had omn p e nt r o e t v : oh o; s ah l n y oem e t h x e i e s ar t u e it d nh . sotri N tui et o iso r , fno o r h n tehr t e h e tshoaceaceautsi sanction of t washane the earnest and valuable support and advocacy of Sir Ro bert . Grant withheld. Y ou , m y L or d, h ave a l rea d y d rawn attention to the well-known intere s t h e t oo k i n t h e all-im portant subject of our [steam communication. I believe few are aware of the responsibility our late Governor in curred, by continuing to despatch a steamer to Suez at a period when the views of the Court of Directors were opposed to the steam question. Turning now to an other subject of no minor importance, I would observe that to Sir Robert Grant's strenuous and able advocacy (against what opposition, it is needless to mention) are we indebted for the abolition of many vexatious, and as impolitic as vexatious, imposts, some of which bore heavily on commerce, while others acted as barriers to the rising prosperity of the Presidency. Well may I place in the van the revision of the salt tax, and removal of the town and transit duties ; but a recollection of the benefits derived from these great measures of relief must not cause me to let pass unnoticed some of the minor but not less oppressive taxes, the pernicious effects of which were felt by all classes, but more particularly by the poorer. First, then, I find that the industrious cultivator, besides being relieved from the house tax, which was a heavy ad dition to the high rent he paid for his fields, has also been exempted from the tax on his buftalo and goat, the pro duce of which so materially aids the poor ryot in support ing his family and paying his rent. The industrious fishermen too (a most numerous body, swarming the whole line of coast from Demaun to Goar), as well as the petty traders of the villages, have all experienced the benefit of our lamented Governor's enlightened and humane policy. Nor must I omit to notice the total abolition of the tax formerly levied on chukas, though it apparently involved a loss of 40,000 rupees to the revenue. Again, other heavy and unequal taxes, imposed on those who could least bear them, are all in course of revision—as are likewise the Mohturfa taxes, which have so long checked the free course of trade. And these measures are now framed with such a studied and anxious attention to their operation on indivi duals, as well as communities, that they will secure a full measure of relief to all ; and many, very many, are now re lieved from burdens which, though of little value to the re venue, bore with great and unrelaxing severity on the peace able, poor, and laborious inhabitants of the interior ; and the ado?tion of these enlightened measures, instead of in the c ontrary, benefited it ; for by the spirit of con juring tic re venue, as was at one time argued the y would, have, on fidence they have infused among the people, cultivation is h a ppiness of its subjects. A su rvey on an improvement in the re sources of Government, as every where ex tending, accompanied by such im p rovemen ts in agriculture as will ultimately lead to an incalculable and lasting the efficient and e xtensive scale has been undertak en in the Deccan w i t h the view of revising the rents, which in m any well as in were both unequal and oppressive .- parts from the past experience of its effects, to prove a great be nefit to the country, and to remedy all the defects of the by-gone revenue system. Indeed I learn that throughout this excellentwork the province where it has already had the effect of introducing a superior sys tem of husbanding, of encouraging the people to grow supe rior products, to sink wells, construct a better style of dwelling, to increase their agricultural stock, and to enter upon other improvements of a substantial and permanent • • It has also defined the rents in such a description.way as a fford the c ultivators full securit y a g ainst unautho rized ized exactions, and has fixed them on a scale which has imparted to landed property a value which, perhaps, it never before possessed. I am now naturally led to ad vert to the e nlightened and statesmanlike measures Sir Robert Grant, with the • adopted by drawing forth the agricultural resources of the country. I would par ticularl y allude to those in conn ection with . the assessment of land, which, however, are too inti mately known to all p resent to re q uire that I should here labour to e xhibit the encouragement they held out to an improvement in those products which are already staples on this side of India, such as cotton, &c. ; as well as their evident incitement to call into existence others, such as sugar, silk, and India articles, which, while their intro duction would most directly tend to encourage a spirit of industry and enterprise among the native population, would at the same time increase the revenue and con tribute a valuable addition to our external commerce. I have merely glanced at these results, which were • with reason to be anticipated at an early date, in order the deep regret now experienced at the remote prospect of their realization. I must now, my Lord, be permitted to turn to another subject, where it will be seen Sir Robert Grant stands pre-eminent. I allude to the measures he caused to be adopted, as well as those he reclmmended for adoption, for the improvement of our internal communica tion : his first and leading measure was to create a most useful department—the Civil Engineers—and here I must again claim permission to refer to and read from a short memorandum I have hurriedly drawn up from some of the able reports of the intelligent and zealous officers of that scientific department. It appears that immediately on its formation attention was drawn to an object of primary im portance, viz., a survey of the roads ; that of the great northern one leading by " Tannah" and " Bhewndy" to Nassaick was one of the first completed. This road, it appears, had been long represented as ill adapted and totally insufficient for the traffic and increasing trade of the port ; it was, therefore, immediately determined either to improve the old road or construct a new one, which should effectually remove the innumerable existing impediments, and admit of the introduction of wheel-car riages along the line of route. Plans and estimates of the projected work were some time back submitted to the home authorities, and sanguine hope seems to be entertained that this great and desirable object will be sanctioned. A road forty miles in length has been constructed from Nassaick to Chandore, and from the latter place to Sind wah (on the line to Agra). Another road has been sanctioned, fifty miles of which is already completed. A road sixty miles in length is ordered from the rich district of Nusserabad, to meet the former road, but its execution is delayed by orders from the Bombay Government pending the receipt of plans and estimates, which have been, I be lieve, furnished. In the interim, however, it appears that under the prdersof the Bombay Government measures have been adopted to ronder this rood immediately passable, A road, 17/ miles in length, leading from Penn to Capowlee, has been completed. A line of road frem Poonah to Shola pore, a distance of 149 miles, has been surveyed, and the plan submitted to the Home Government. This road, if sanc tioned, will not only open out the valuable Barsie cotton trade, but insure an easy communication at all seasons of the year with that important military station. A road has been constructed between Seroor and Ahmednugger, a dis tance of 34 miles. It having been represented that out of 449 miles of old roads in th e Concan, Poonah, and Ahmed nugger collectorates, which had been surveyed on the in stitution of the civil engineers' department, only 239 miles were kept in anything like efficient repair, from want of means or proper supervision ; it was suggested that the proceeds of the tolls and ferries should be appropriated to the repairs and improvements of all the old roads ; a measure which was immediately sanctioned. Upwards of 100 miles of these dilapidated roads have already been put in fair travelling order, and the work of repair is daily ex tending and fast progressing to completion. The Jehoor, ChandOre, and Thull Ghauts have all been repaired, and the Huniba. Decra Ghaut commenced and nearly finished. The Tannah Causeway has been commenced ; and the most strenuous exertions are being used to complete this vastly important work. The Colaba Causeway, a work which had been under consideration for the last twenty years, has been completed. A pier is being constructed at Trombay, as is also a road across that island. The former work is fir ad va.ncedond the latter will be open to the public next rains. At Sion the approaCh to the new road across the Salt-pans has been commenced, and is in a state of forwardness. A pier has been constructed at Kasseglee, which now admits of all valuable products of export being shifted at once from carts to boats, and conveyed in one tide to Bombay, thus protecting the trader against the heavy expense of hamal. lage and the exposure of his goods to injury by a d e t en ti on , as formerly, of three and four days in the harbour of Bhewndy. The works of minor extent, but of no less utility and importance, as giving sinew and unity to the general system of improvement an l usefulness so warmly fostered by Sir Robert Grant, are too numerous to be detailed on such an occasion as the present—but it may net be out of space here to state, that they embrace the construction and repair of innumerable piers, bridges, kamps, bandaras, sea walls, wells, and tanks, of which latter some are of a magnitude too considerable and important to be passed by in silence. I may, therefore, I trust, be permitted to instance in particular the tank which has been com pleted at the village of Kessondee, twenty-four miles from Poonah, and which I will describe in the words of the report from which my information is derived :—" This build, which stretches across a gorge of a long valley, is altogether 1,409 feet in length, of which 129 feet are solid masonry, 1,170 feet earthen embankment, and 100 feet ex cavations, for an escape channel for floods. The greatest depth of water when full will be 38 feet ; the greatest breadth nearly half a mile, and the greatest length three quarters." The other works of this description are numerous and important, particularly two fine tanks which have been constructed at Dhoolia. Independent of the works just enu merated as having been either executed or commenced under the orders and auspices of Sir Robert Grant's government, those which have been projected, and in course of submis sion for the approval of the controllin g powers, are many and highly deserving of notice. And foremost on the list I would mention the proposed new road from Tannah to Ahmednugger and A urungabad, a distance of 133 miles, and which line, it is shown, will shorten the distance be tween these two points by twenty miles, The next in order of note is a line of road leading from the main road along the south bank of the Panwell River to a point on the coast opposite Bellapore. Besides these are the wharfs at Ghorabundur, and the causeway between Bundura and Malim ; as well as the bridge across three large rivers. Connected with the construction and projection of all these works of usefulness, one peculiar trait in the character of our lamented Governor, which has been kindly brought to my knowledge, must not pass unnoticed, and this was, to use the words of my informant, " his anxious desire for the preservation and repair of the magnifi cent though somewhat unscientific works of the Moguls," —a measure which, it is stated, if steadily perse vered in, cannot fail to insure great increase of re venue. I may now observe, that I believe to the ma jority of this community the knowledge of the existence,, progress, and projection of a tithe of these many and important works is now for the first time obtained. 'And if we reflect that many of them, which will hereafter 'prove of lasting utility, would not have been finished or perhaps commenced upon during the government of Sir Robert Grant (had it pleased the Almighty to have spared him to its Oose), we shall be the more strongly impressed with the singularly disinterested character and genuine phi lanthropy of our departed friend (for, of a truth, such he was), in his anxious desire to issue permanent benefits to the country temporarily committed to his charge. I must now apologise for having thus long trespassed upon the time and attention of the meeting. Lieutenant-Colonel WooD said—ln rising to second th e resolution, I feel particularly called u p on t o bear testimony to the great anxiety and exertions which Sir Robert Grant had evinced in establishing the steam communication be tween this country and our native land. From the situa tion which I have held as the organ of the Government in the steam department, I am able to state that, from the earliest period of Sir Robert Grant's arrival, he was most anxious to carry into effect a regular communication with Suez by steamers, and within a few months after assuming the reins of Government he submitted a plan to the authorities in England, which, had it been fully acted upon, would have perfected the system, without the chances of disappointment to which we are now subjected. His proposition was, that four steamers of the same size and power, with corresponding machinery, similar in all their parts, should be provided to carry on the communication with Suez, which arrangement there is no doubt would have operated steadily and successfully. A letter from Sir Ro bert Grant's Government, which Ives laid before the Com mittee of the House of Commons on its promulgation in this country, first brought to light how warm an interest he had taken in the measure, and how clear his views were on the subject. But with only a single steamer then at the disposal of Government„ frequent communication by the Red Sea was impracticable ; and it was to do all that could he done until the organisation of the more perfect system that Sir Robert Grant laid another plan before the home authorities, which has been confused in the public mind with the Euphrates expedition, but with which it had no connection whatever. His proposal was, the establishment of a dromedary dawk for letters only, from hence to Bussorah by steam ; from Bussorah to Bagdad, Damascus, and Beyrout, by dromedaries. This suggestion was not in supercession of the Red Sea route, but as an auxiliary, when season, accident, or other impediment might arise to render the former route impracticable. The plan would have succeeded well, as was proved by a mail by the Atalanta reaching the Mediterranean most expedi tiously ; and to this day the mails are regularly received at Bagdad by that route in thirty-three days from England. Let me further add another advantage connected with that route—the establishing there a kind of political surveil lance, through a country our relations with which are of an interesting character. Another topic connected with the resolution we§ the improvement in our internal communi cations. The statement of the President of the Chamber of Commerce has shown the new lines of roads opened and the old roads improved. The consequence of these operations bad admitted of the employment of horse dawks in some directions, and accelerated intercourse in all, by which the transmission of mails to the sister presidencies, and with our own provinces, has been shortened by many hours—nay, even days in some instances. When the horse dawk is established to Nagpoor after the rains, it is calculated that the mails will reach that place from Bom bay in eighty-two hours. These advantages we owe to the ene rgy and talents of Sir R. Grant ; but there are many other subjects, both of a political and statistical nature, which cannot probably be touched upon on this occasion, which, added to what I have stated, will long cause us to regret the loss we have sustained in our energetic, straight forward, and excellent Governor. The Rev. Dr. WILSON moved the fourth resolution— " That there is a peculiar propriety in commemorating Sir Robert Grant in connection with the cause of the educa tion of the natives, of which he was the enlightened friend, the eloquent advocate, and the liberal patron and sup porter." I most cordially concur, he said, in all the observations which have been so appropriately and feel ingly made by the gentlemen who have preceded me, respecting the character of our late distinguished Governor and his nume rous measures calculated to ° promote pub , lie the u e b r - , e lie weal. I re j o i ce i n all that he did toall forth the agricultural resources of the country, to facilitate inter nal communication, to extend the interests of foreign com merce, and to advance the cause of steam navigation. While, ho wever , I would make an appreciation of the blessings thus conferred upon us a substantial motive for taking steps to preserve his memory in this p l ac e, I would specially commemorate him in connection w i t h none of them. There is a cause nobler than the best of them, which was dearest to his heart, and which secured his most en• thusiastic regard, That is that of cause the moral and intellectual regeneration of -the millions in this great coun try, whom Providence, in its mysterious actings, has placed under Britain's sway. Convinced that I shall obtain the support of the meeting I subli*.the motion, " That there is a peculiar propriety in commemorating Sir R. G rant i n connection with the cause o f tge education of the natives, of which he was the enlightendEl friend, the eloquent advo cate, and the liberal patron -and supporter." Sir Robert Grant, if I may use the expression, received the love of India by inheritance. With his venerated father's sacred affection for its best interests, he early sympathised ; and to the promotion of them he pledged himself in connec tion with some of his first appearances in public life. One intimation of his reeardato this country, at a l a t er period, I shall t a k e th e liber4aqf mentioning. In a speech delivered in 1817,:before the Colaet:of Proprietors, respecting the education of the civil servarfts of the Government, and justly characterised by an Hoodurable Gentleman associ ated with him in debate aiz'having i " for argument, for information, and for eloquence, not been exceeded by any speech delivered in modern times," he thus avows the prin ciples by which our rule should be characterised :—" We regard our Indian possessions, not as a mine from which we are to draw the treasures of the East, but as a field on which we are to diffuse the nobler treasures of Western light, and knowledge, and refinement ; not as a scene of exertion for chartered rapacity, or for avarice sheltering itself under the name of privilege, but as a theatre on which high qualities are to be displayed, on which great talents arc to be exercised and extended, on which all the charities and amenities of domestic life are to be developed and established." These are noble principles, and they were those of him who recommended them. It is well known that his desire to carry out his enlightened views had no little influence in inducing him to accept the high office which he so honourably filled. No sooner had he planted his foot on these shores than he put himself in communica tion with the gentlemen who are practically engaged in di recting the great work of the education of the native mind. He invited them to make all the suggestions to him which might appear calculated to advance the cause which they have at heart. These suggestions he most anxiously and attentively considered ; and he either adopted them, or substituted sernethity bettedirtheirplace, the result of his own enlightened deliberation and judgment. We all know the eloquence with which he pleaded the cause of learning before the Native Education Society, the delicacy and good taste with which he encouraged the eminent mas ters of that institution to persevere in their exertions; and the peculiar judgment with which he excited the pupils to prosecute their studies. We all know the anxious regard which at the Bycullah schools he expressed for the instruc tion in useful and divine knowledge of those whom he was desirous to send forth throughout the country as com petent representatives of our own principles among the observant natives. We ought to know, however, many other facts connected with his zeal in the cause to to which we now advert, which are not less interest ing. To a few of these I can only allude. The Vernacu lar schools founded by his distinguished predecessors en joyed his peculiar care. He struck out from their regula tions some most obnoxious clauses, which, in the eyes of the people, stigmatised the grandest subject with which edu cation has to deal. He destroyed a monopoly which existed as to the supply of books ; and encouraged the use of those which might be found suitable, without any reference to the mode of their publication ; and thus gave a most im portant impetus to native literature. He placed the pro vincial schools under a competent European superinten dence ; and made provision to render their pupils eligible for public employment, and even as teachers, without en deavouring to force them to come t o B om b ay , w hi c h i s associated in the minds of many of the natives with perils and temptation. He sanctioned, as an experiment, a sys tem of vernacular instruction on a low scale, and which can easily be extended throughout the country at a small ex pense in the Purandhar districts ; and which, while it enables all willing to learn to read and write, will secure the villages, to a great extent, from the frauds of their own officials. The excellent English school established at Poona by Lord Clare was warmly patronised by him. Mr. Ers dale, its able master, in a note which has been put into my hands, thus expresses his obligations to him—" In the con versation which I had the happiness to enjoy with him (Sir Robert), I was particularly struck with the anxious desire which he manifested to obtain information as to the measures most suitable for Government to adopt to promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the people in the perfecting of existing educational institutions. With respect to my own school he readily acquiesced in every plan brought forward to promote the object for which it was instituted ; and we are indebted to his government for the institution of some scholarships, as well as for the acquisition of a number of those aids in the communication of knowledge with which modern school-rooms are furnished. But in particular, his liberality as a private individual was pre ominently displayed in presents of a variety of philoso phical apparatus, which he made to the school, and which, while they remain a paramount monument of his munifi cence, will go to swell the number of the testimonies to be brought forward of the deep personal interest which he took in every institution for the education of the natives of this country." It is mentioned by Captain Cundy, the watchful superintendent of the Government vernacular schools, as an instance of his (Sir Robert's) kind and liberal feel ing, that when he heard of a Brahmin who had a pe culiar taste for chemistry and natural philosophy, and who had not the pecuniary means of prosecuting his studies, he conferred on him an allowance which enabled him to persevere. The schools throughout the Presidency which are not immediately connected with the Government were not less regarded, and valued, and encouraged than those to which I have now referred. I can give my per sonal testimony on this subject. He contributed liberally to their funds. He attended the examination of the ver nacular schools of the Scottish mission at Poonah. To the most distinguished native pupil at the last examination of the institution of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in this place, with which I have the honour to be connected, he officially presented a khilat, or honorary dress, the first which had been here given in similar cir cumstances. The very last act of the expression of his in terest in the well-being of the natives, was his subscribing on his leaving Bombay, immediately before his death, the sum of 1,000 rupees to our building fund ; and this he did with the full appreciation of the high objects at which we aim, and with most fervent desires and prayers for our complete success. He had asked me to submit a memorial to him, pointing out the best way of extending the Govern ment countenance to all the deserving seminaries in the country by the offer of prizes. The pupils of the whole of them would have received equal favour from him, according to their merits. More than I have now men tioned he did, and more he devised. I have given merely specimens of the facts which I know. I feel that the loss of our enlightened and zealous and generous patron is in deed great, and greatly is it to be mourned by us all. Let us bless God, however, that he has left us the legacy of his own example ; and let us do to ourselves, and the hallowed cause which he supported, the justice of availing ourselves of it. Let us preserve the influence of his great name in connection with our endeavours to extend the influence of truth throughout the country. I say all this with a know ledge of the specific proposal respecting the erection of a Medical College which is to be submitted to the meeting. Such an institution was ably planned and advocated by Sir Robert, and such an institution, while it will suitably commemorate him, will be an able auxiliary to our cause. In connection with it, some of the natural sciences, most important as objects of knowledge to the native mind, will be taught in such a manner as will invite the attend ance of the pupils of other seminaries. Not only, as ap propriately stated by my Rev. Friend (Dr. Stevenson), will pupils issue from it to alleviate the physical sufferings of humanity ; but, as forming a learned profession to dif fuse the blessings of civilization throughout the country. How much that is connected with the kind treatment of the sick and afflicted, I need not tell. In various ways the seminary will be the instrument of incalculable good. Let us make our best endeavours to see it speedily opened, and to make it a suitable monument of departed worth. Mr. WILLOUGHBY, one of the Secretaries to the Go vernment, in seconding the resolution, said, I can state from personal knowledge that the application of your late esteemed Governor to his multifarious and laborious duties was incessant and devoted : and I conscientiously believe that if this was not the immediate cause, it hastened the calamity which is so universally deplored throughout this Presidency. JAGGONATH INNKERSET, Esq., moved the fifth resolu tion : " Th a t on con diti on that the Medical College, Robert ably planned and so zea l ous l y a d voc ated by I he fund be Grant be established, and bear his m applied, under the direction of a Committee • 't a t suitable build nated by this meeting, to the erection of name, the be nomi to be conferred, after public the"rnrent of the Medical ing for that seminary, or the foundation of o s n ch i o t l s ars m h o ip s s t deserving pupils ; and that ilas expected, the fund College not being established shall be applied in such manne r as may be agreed up on by ?I feel extreme gratification from witnessing num erously and respect ably this present meetingis withc a o ss n e s m id b e l r y which contains so many - the Contri i h m u w itora 'cry able diffidence I commenceisattenad d ed dress l i t n g an gentlemen of high intellect and t I pre ace t e e ve o say acquirements; that I s must p m y respect, and, f rather l from a wish e to testify by remarlen Sir, I hope I may say, the respect of n m y fellow-countrymen, for the memory of him whom :re have been so recently and so unexpectedly deprived of than with any idea that my feeble language will strong serve what it intends to recommend. 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